Fenghou

"It was discovered that Lieutenant Du's belt was tied backwards. When he came, it was clearly straight, but why was it reversed when he left? Everyone began to suspect, and the news spread."

Orihiko's eyes widened, "No way! They are brother and sister!"

Chun Shui stammered: "Everyone suspects them...are they not real brothers and sisters?"

"Who said that, and where did this rumor come from?"

"Yes... it's Madam's father. Once he came to ask for money. Madam thought he was always asking for money, so she didn't give him. In a rage, he yelled at Madam at the door, saying Madam was a white-eyed wolf who had raised her for 20 years." She was raised for nothing, and she should not have been picked up back then, let her be carried away by wild dogs. The groom and a few servants heard it and advised him not to talk nonsense, so he left resentfully. Someone mentioned this again yesterday Everyone is beginning to suspect."

Orihiko began to have an inexplicable fear in his heart. He suppressed the anxiety in his heart, lowered his head and thought for a while, took out a silver ingot from his bosom, about 20 taels, and handed it to Chunshui, "This is for you!"

Chun Shui hurriedly waved his hands in fright, "Master, I don't...don't!"

Orihiko suddenly became irritable, took her hand, and forced the silver into her hand, "Hold it and listen to me!"

Holding the silver, Chun Shui said timidly, "Sir, please tell me!"

Orihiko said a few words to her, and Chunshui nodded repeatedly, "Little servant remembers it!"

Only then did Orihiko get up, and went back to the official office depressed and distressed.

……

In the evening, Orihiko told his concubine Du Shi that he might go to Shuozhou for two days and asked her to take good care of the child at home.

Du Shi secretly rejoiced, these days she and Du Shun had a hot adulterous relationship, she only wished there was no chance, now that her husband is going to Shuozhou, isn't the chance coming?

She fully agreed, and took good care of her husband at night.

In the morning of the next day, Orihiko left with his own soldiers on horseback, and Du quickly asked his confidant maid Xiaoping to inform Du Shun to come, and at the same time drove all the maids to the outer house as usual, saying that there was a secret to discuss with his brother .

She used this excuse too much, and she was a little numb to herself.

Half an hour later, Du Shun came running impatiently, and the two immediately hugged each other. The confidant maid Xiaoping stood guard at the gate of the inner house as usual.

At this time, in another room, the maid Chunshui sneaked out of a big box, and Orihiko arranged for her to hide in it before dawn.

Chun Shui ran to the bedroom window to eavesdrop for a while, then blushed, and hurried to the small door of the back house.

Orihiko gave her the key, opened the back door, and Orihiko stood outside the door with a gloomy face. Just now he saw Du Shun slipping into his mansion with his own eyes, and he finally believed it.

"Master, they are here!"

Orihiko gritted his steel teeth, drew out his sword and rushed into the inner house without saying a word, the maid Chunshui was too frightened to follow him.

Orihikozhi walked to the door, and when he heard the murmur in the room, he was furious, "Bang!" kicked the door open, and rushed in.

In the room, a pair of wild mandarin ducks were messing around, and Orihiko rushed in, scaring the two of them to scream.

Du Shun jumped up and fled out the window. Orihiko stepped forward and stabbed him in the back with a sword. Du Shun screamed and fell to the ground.

Orihiko pressed his long sword against his throat, filled his chest with murderous intent, narrowed his eyes and said: "You beast, you are actually making trouble with your own sister, you deserve to die!"

Du Shun knew it was inevitable, at this moment he calmed down, and said with a sneer: "We are not real brothers and sisters, we have always been in love with each other, if you hadn't forced her to marry, she would have been my wife, you took my woman away, what else do you have?" face said!"

"Go underground and be a couple!"

As soon as Zhe Yanzhi gave away the long sword, it ended in Du Shun's life.

Orihiko walked into the inner room with a bloody long sword in hand. Du Shi had already put on her underwear. She knelt on the ground and begged: "For the sake of serving the master, please forgive me this time! I dare not do it again. "

Orihiko gritted his teeth and said: "When I married you, I found out that you were not a virgin, and I endured it, but I didn't expect it to be..."

He raised his sword and stabbed fiercely at Mrs. Du, suddenly the child on the crib burst into tears.

Orihiko was startled, his eyes turned red immediately, he raised his sword and walked towards the cradle, saying in extreme pain: "This scoundrel must not be my son, but your bastard!"

The concubine was so frightened that she hugged his leg and shouted: "Master, he is your son, he is your son, you will regret it for the rest of your life if you kill him."

"Isn't he Dushun's seed? I'm 60 years old, and I can still have a son?"

"My lord, Du Shun is infertile. He told me that he can't have children. My lord, I didn't touch Du Shun when I was pregnant."

Orihiko turned his head and said with a trembling voice, "What you said is true?"

"Everything I said is true. The master went to Baohetang to ask Dr. Luo. He knew about Du Shun's situation."

Orihiko remembered that Du Shun had been married for a few years and that he had no children. His heart was shaken again, and he hugged his son distressedly. The child cried loudly in his arms, and a kind of emotional communication unique to father and son lingered in his heart again. .

Zhe Yanzhi couldn't help but burst into tears, "Dang lang! ’ Throwing the sword, holding his son and crying bitterly, "My son!"

After a long time, he looked at the concubine kneeling on the ground, and asked for a while, "What's your real name?"

The concubine bowed her head and said: "My family name is Yang, she is an orphan adopted by the Du family, and she plans to pass on the family line of the Du family when she grows up."

"Then why are you willing to follow me instead of Dushun?"

"His parents thought that Du Shun was fooling around outside all day, so they wanted to find a good marriage for him. Seeing that the slave's parents were pretty, they wanted to sell him for a price."

Orihiko saw that his son was still crying, so he handed the child to the concubine, who quickly pulled up her little clothes to nurse, and the child stopped crying immediately.

Orihiko saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the child can't live without mother!I wanted to make her the continuation, but forget it now, let her raise her son!

After all, Orihiko is over sixty years old, and he doesn't take matters of men and women so seriously anymore. In his heart, his son is more important than anything else, even more important than his own dignity. Although the concubine steals the man, there is a reason for it.

"You go to another room! I have to tidy up here."

The first thousand and 160 nine chapters plead guilty

In the morning, Chen Qing was about to go out to inspect the warehouse, when suddenly a soldier came to report, Zhe Yanzhi came to plead guilty.

Chen Qing was startled, what's the matter with pleading guilty?

He walked out of the hall quickly, only to see Orihiko kneeling outside the hall with his upper body bare and a few thorns on his back.

"Captain Zhe, what's going on? Get up quickly!"

Zhe Yanzhi said with tears in his eyes: "The humble official got a son in his later years, and was afraid of losing the child, so he concealed it from the governor. Unexpectedly, it almost caused a catastrophe. The humble official is sorry for His Highness's trust!"

Chen Qing nodded, "I have seen and accepted your apology, now you put on your clothes, we will go to the hall and talk about it."

He winked at the soldiers, and the two soldiers stepped forward to help Orihiko, took off the thorns, took off his coat and put it on him.

Orihiko wiped away his tears, followed Chen Qing to the lobby, Chen Qing waved his hands and said with a smile, "Please sit down, if you have anything to do, sit down and talk slowly."

Orihiko sat down silently, the soldiers came in to serve tea, Chen Qing glanced at him, and said calmly: "What is it that makes the governor so excited?"

Orihiko sighed and said: "The humble officer concealed the military department, and also concealed His Highness, and the humble officer gave birth to a son."

Chen Qing laughed, "This is a good thing! Congratulations to the governor for having a son in his later years. The governor must treat guests, and there is no way to escape."

Orihiko said with a face full of shame: "The humble job is a frontier foreign vassal, shouldn't it be reported to the military department?"

Chen Qing smiled and said: "Of course you have to report to the military department. This is a rule. Even if you don't report it, the military department will come to ask you. It's just... the time of the report may have been misunderstood by Zhe Dudu."

"Didn't you understand the humble job?"

Chen Qing continued: "The military department stipulates that when your son is 12 years old, he can go to Jingzhao to study, and he can be accompanied by his mother. That is to say, the military department will not issue a letter asking you to follow the arrangement When my son goes to Jingzhao, the military department will not intervene before the age of 12. The military department stipulates that the filing time should be at least two years in advance. Pay attention to you."

Chen Qing gave Orihiko a face, although the military department stipulated this, it does not mean that Orihiko can hide it, especially for himself, he should tell himself in time, instead of other officials secretly suing.

After all, Orihiko is 60 years old, and he is well-versed in the world. Of course, he understands that Chen Qing is trying to save face for himself. Rules are rules, but things must be done properly to show loyalty, and he has not done it properly.

"Thank you Your Highness for your tolerance, I am ashamed of my humble position!"

"I won't mention this. It's better for you to say it yourself than for me to ask you, but what happened today that made you lose your composure?"

Orihiko hesitated for a moment, glanced at the guards on both sides, Chen Qing waved his hands and told the guards to go down.

Orihiko sighed, and told Chen Qing in detail what happened from yesterday to today.

He finally said dejectedly: "It's too embarrassing, I implore Your Highness to save some face for the humble position, don't say it."

Chen Qing heard it inconceivable, there are such strange things in the world, but the woman's surname is Yang, not Du, it really makes people feel better, the question is, is that child a quality?

It is not uncommon to have children at the age of 60, but such cases are rare, especially at present, I am afraid that Du Shun is more likely to be born.

Orihiko knew what Chen Qing was thinking?He sighed and said, "My concubine told me that Du Shun was infertile, and Du Shun had no children after several years of marriage. I just went to Baohetang and asked Luo Zhifu, a famous doctor. Du Shun has been using him for treatment, but it has no effect so far, besides..."

Orihiko said slowly again: "Besides, when I picked up the child, I could feel that he is my son. This feeling is very strange, as if it is the blood connection between father and son, so I am sure that he is my son .”

Chen Qing nodded, "Then what do you plan to do with his mother?"

Orihiko smiled bitterly and said, "At first I wanted to kill her, but when she hugged my leg and begged me not to kill the child, I realized that no other woman could love me as much as she does." My son, if I unfortunately die of illness ten years later, my son is only ten years old, will other women raise him as their own flesh and blood? As for other aspects, she is just my concubine, not my wife, I I don't really care."

Chen Qing nodded. Although he couldn't accept this kind of cheating, Orihiko could bear it as the person involved, so what does it have to do with him?

But Chen Qing changed his mind again, this is a good thing!I was still thinking about how to persuade Orihiko not to interfere in government affairs. This incident happened at a critical moment, which disintegrated Orihiko's ability to interfere in government affairs from within, but it was not enough. thought.

Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "It is reasonable that this is your housework, I should not interfere, but I have also conducted some visits in the past two days, and learned that this Du Shun used to be a rascal, and he can't even read the thousand-character script." , worked as a thug in a brothel for five years, his character is low, and he did all kinds of evil, but he was recommended by you as the county captain of Datong. In addition, your aide Li Bailing was the head of Yi County in Yanshan Prefecture three years ago. Come to your side, and become your confidant, you may never have thought that he would be a spy of the Kingdom of Jin."

Orihiko's face turned pale, and his lips trembled, "Li Bailing is a spy of Jin Kingdom? No way!"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "There is no word 'Jin country spy' written on his face, and he himself will not confess to you that he is a Jin country spy. Since you use him as the chief aide, have you investigated it? What about him?"

Orihiko was speechless, Li Bailing just told him that he was from Yingzhou, failed the imperial examination, and then made a living as a teacher, so he believed it. He really didn't send anyone to verify his resume, just because he introduced I gave birth to a son to my concubine, and I promoted him to be my chief staff member out of gratitude.

Orihiko bowed his head in shame, if Li Bailing was really an official of Yanshan Mansion, he would be in big trouble.

"What did he do by your side? I guess I either persuaded you to hide it from the court, or encouraged you to confront the local government, making you fall into a kind of intrigue all day long. I'm not wrong, am I right?"

Orihiko nodded, "Your Highness is right, I only see clearly now."

Chen Qing stared at him for a while and said: "Zhe Dudu, you will still be a full-time military officer in the future! Not only the safety of Datong Mansion, but also the safety of the entire Hebei Road. Safety is your scope of authority. In terms of government affairs, there are local officials and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Responsible, do you understand what I mean?"

Orihiko nodded, "I understand!"

Of course he understood that it was King Yong who explicitly forbade him from interfering in government affairs, he sighed, after struggling for so long, he finally found out that he was deceived by traitors, which really frustrated him.

Chen Qing smiled again and said: "Since you are your own son, you should spend more time with him. The specific military affairs can be handed over to your subordinates. To train young people, let them take on the role of the leader as soon as possible, so you can retire and get an honor. Higher vocational, take care of your body at home, try to live longer, and raise your son to grow up, this is your last important task, am I right?"

Orihiko nodded, "Xiaozhi understands what His Highness means. General Yan is indeed very good, smart and capable, and generous. I must train him as soon as possible, and let him take on the role of guarding the north gate as soon as possible."

Both parties explained everything, Chen Qing would not give Zhe Yanzhi any more time, after all he was old, and he sent Yan Jun to Datong Mansion as a lieutenant, just to take over Zhe Yanzhi's squad.

Orihiko also understood, since he still has two or three years left, why bother to fight for some government power?

Chapter 170 Reconciliation

Under Chen Qing's auspices, Zhe Yanzhi apologized to Yelu Qiyan, and Yelu Qiyan also apologized to Zhe Yanzhi, and the two finally shook hands and made peace.

When Li Bailing heard that Du Shun had been killed, he was so frightened that he fled overnight, but before he left the city, he was arrested by Chen Qing's personal soldiers who were monitoring him. , The purpose is to create chaos in Datong City, and cooperate with the nomadic army to attack Datong City.

Chen Qing immediately rectified the officialdom, dismissed the posts of Datong county magistrate and county magistrate, appointed Shanyang county magistrate Ding Kuang as Datong county magistrate, and appointed Ying county magistrate and county magistrate as Datong county magistrate and county magistrate respectively. Lowering one level is actually a level adjustment. After all, Datong County is a government office, and its status is different.

Zhe Yanzhi immediately set up three tables of wine in the mansion, and entertained local officials such as Chen Qing and Yelv Qiyan.

After drinking a few glasses of wine in the bustle, Orihiko ordered the concubine to carry the child out, and everyone gathered around, the concubine was full of smiles, as if what happened a few days ago had nothing to do with her.

Chen Qing still kept his promise and did not reveal the family ugliness of Orihiko. Everyone thought that Du Shun was a spy of the Kingdom of Jin. He was found and executed by Orihiko. Chun Shui explained to everyone that the madam drove the maid out of the inner house so that Du Shun could sneak into the master's study and steal important information.

This time Dushun was discovered by Chunshui when he was stealing information. Chunshui ran to tell the master, and the master came back and caught Dushun and killed him.

In this way, although many people are still dubious, they all choose to believe in the end. If they don't believe it, they will be immediately fired by the housekeeper if they chew their tongues.

Chen Qing smiled and looked at the little baby in front of him. Although he had never met Du Shun before, the child's eyebrows and eyes had a bit of heroism, especially the blood. This child looked a little like a party member The bloodline is really Orihiko's son.

"Your Highness, how is my son?" Orihiko looked at Chen Qing nervously.

Chen Qing nodded with a smile, "As expected of the son of Zhe Dudu, he must be a brave general and a pillar of the country when he grows up."

Zhe Yanzhi heaved a sigh of relief, and he handed over his old background to King Yong. After he came back, he was really worried that King Yong would not admit that the child was his own son, which would seriously affect the future of the child. Now that King Yong himself admitted, it was true Let him put down the big stone in his heart.

Chen Qing took out another unicorn jade pei and handed it to Orihiko with a smile, "This is for the child, I wish him a healthy growth."

Orihiko accepted Yu Pei, clapped his hands together in gratitude, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!"

Everyone also took out the congratulations one after another and put them on the plate, almost all of them were gold and silver trinkets.

The child was carried back, and the maids brought good wine, and the wine table became lively again. Orihiko filled a glass of wine for Chen Qing, and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness feels that the child..."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Don't worry! That's right."

Orihiko raised his spirits, and quickly asked, "How did your Highness see it?"

Chen Qing dipped his finger in the wine and wrote two words on the table, 'Dangxiang'.

Orihiko slapped his forehead hard, he is really a fan of the authorities!I am a member of the party, and the child has the blood of a member of the party in his eyebrows, but I didn't see the most important point.

Immediately, he was full of energy, raised his wine cup and said loudly: "Thank you all for coming to Gouzi's thanksgiving banquet. Here I want to apologize to Your Highness. I have not employed people properly and failed His Highness's expectations. Secondly, I also want to apologize to the prefect of Yelu. There should be no interference with his authority..."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "It's not enough to apologize to the two people with a glass of wine, but a big bowl is used instead. Three bowls of wine will be fined."

"Okay! I'll just drink three bowls of wine!"